The Pearl Jam concert at Wrigley Field was interrupted by lightning and rain Friday night. Pearl Jam played about six or seven songs before stadium officials stopped the show because of lightning. Rain followed at about 9:45 and continued until about 10:25. Hundreds of fans gathered on Waveland Avenue to listen. Many brought coolers...
Parents associated with Trumbull School’s Local School Council, Friends of Trumbull and the advisory boards of the school announced today they plan to sue Chicago Public Schools for violating the Special Education laws. Details of the suit were still being worked out, however a parent met with press outside the school saying they were...
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Lane Tech head varsity baseball coach Dean Stavrakas announced his resignation on Tuesday. Stavrakas has won 453 games and 13 section titles in his head coaching career at Hales, St Benedict, Lake View, and Lane. Stavrakas guided Lane to back-to-back section titles winning 27 CPS conference games. The Indians finished 24-10 this past season....
The Chicago Catholic League announced yesterday that five schools from the now defunct Suburban Christian Conference—Aurora Christian, Marian Central Catholic, Marmion Academy, Montini Catholic and St. Francis of Wheaton—will join the CCL for football and soccer only starting with the 2014-2015 seasons. The Catholic League will expand from 15 to 20 schools. The five...
Dueling pension plans will have a final shootout in Springfield this week as a looming legislative deadline will lead to adoption of a plan by either Illinois Senate President John Cullerton or Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. The Cullerton plan was negotiated with public employee unions. The Chicago Sun-Times projects the plan would save...
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton is leading the Senate to a showdown with the Illinois House and its powerful Speaker over a concealed carry law that the state must approve by court order by June 9. Cullerton, who has been described as ‘violently opposed’ to concealed carry, has promoted a more restrictive law. The...
Dear Members of the Chicago Board of Education, We are writing you to urge you to reconsider the closing of Trumbull Elementary School in Andersonville. There are several factors that lead us to believe that CPS is making the wrong decision in proposing the school for closure. We have a new Principal and newly...
This spring, I got an unexpected tardy pass from the office at my school, telling me that I had been late to my homeroom. As it turned out, I was marked as late because my homeroom had been changed–I was assigned to a sophomore homeroom instead of a junior one. No one had talked...
by Patrick Boylan, with Jane Rickard (Owners of The Welles Park Bulldog) CPS attempted to manipulate the news cycle in an effort to control damage from the findings of the hearing officers CPS fulfilled the letter of the law, but not its spirit Two CEO’s of CPS have been brought in for specialized purpose....
A report from an independent hearing officer has recommended Trumbull school be closed at the end of the school year. Judge Gilbery J Grossi (ret.) citing testimony from principals, teachers, parents and crossing guards and others at receiving schools said there was evidence students would be accepted at receiving schools. “Several concerns, topics and proposals...
